Adam Croft Explained

Adam Croft is an English writer of crime fiction. He is a self-published author^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} and is an advocate of independent publishing.

Work

Writing

Croft has written more than twenty books, including the Knight & Culverhouse crime thrillers and Kempston Hardwick mysteries. He appeared on the USA Today bestseller list twice, with the Kempston Hardwick box set and his 2015 psychological thriller Her Last Tomorrow.^{[5] [6]} Although he had been writing and self-publishing professionally for five years when Her Last Tomorrow was released, it was this book that brought him international attention.^{[7] [8]} He has also had several plays published with Lazy Bee Scripts.^[9]

As an advocate of self-publishing, he has often spoken out about the negative sides of traditional publishing^[10] and in 2012 he denounced Sue Grafton's comments that self-publishing was disrespectful and lazy. ^[11]

He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Arts by the University of Bedfordshire in March 2018 "in recognition of his outstanding services to literature".^[12]

In 2020, he announced he was launching a new crime series set in Rutland.^[13]

Personal life

Adam Croft lives in Flitwick, Bedfordshire.

Bibliography

Knight & Culverhouse

• Too Close for Comfort (2011)
• Guilty as Sin (2011)
• Jack Be Nimble (2015)
• Rough Justice (2015)
• In Too Deep (2016)
• In the Name of the Father (2016)
• With A Vengeance (2017)
• Dead & Buried (2018)
• In Plain Sight (2019)

Rutland crime series

• What Lies Beneath (2020)
• On Borrowed Time (2020)
• In Cold Blood (28 May 2021)
• Kiss of Death (2022)
• Moment of Truth (2022)

Kempston Hardwick Mysteries

• Exit Stage Left (2011)
• The Westerlea House Mystery (2013)
• Death Under the Sun (2014)
• The Thirteenth Room (2015)
• The Wrong Man (2019)

Psychological thrillers

• Her Last Tomorrow (2015)
• Only the Truth (2017)
• In Her Image (2017)
• Tell Me I'm Wrong (2018)
• The Perfect Lie (2019)
• Closer To You (2020)

Sam Barker

• Absolution (2019)
• Betrayal (2020)

Short stories

• Gone (2016)
• Love You To Death (2017)
• The Harder They Fall (2017)

Plays

• Sleeping Dogs (2014)
• Curtain Up! (2015)
• Home, Sweet Home (2015)

References

1. Web site: 'Biggest-selling' self-published book of 2016 lands Amazon deal The Bookseller. www.thebookseller.com. 2017-01-06.
2. News: Adam Croft: Books and Tips from a Bestseller The Reading Lists. 2016-11-18. The Reading Lists. en-GB. 2017-01-06.
3. Web site: Pulham. Alice. 2019-01-26. Meet this independent author who at one point was outselling JK Rowling. 2020-07-07. Express.co.uk. en.
4. News: Nachiappan. Arthi. Authors write their own happy ending with success of self‑published ebooks. The Times. en. 2020-07-07. 0140-0460.
5. News: Knight & Culverhouse Box Set. USA TODAY. 2017-01-06.
6. News: Her Last Tomorrow. USA TODAY. 2017-01-06.
7. News: From paying the bills, to £2,000 a day: making a killing from self-publishing. Flood. Alison. 2016-06-02. The Guardian. en-GB. 0261-3077. 2017-01-06.
8. Web site: 'Biggest-selling' self-published book of 2016 lands Amazon deal The Bookseller. www.thebookseller.com. 2017-01-06.
9. Web site: 'Adam Croft's author page Lazy Bee Scripts. www.lazybeescripts.co.uk. 2017-06-06.
10. News: How to succeed as a self-published author – as it happened. 2016-06-13. The Guardian. en-GB. 0261-3077. 2017-01-06.
11. News: Self-published authors react with anger to 'laziness' charge. Flood. Alison. 2012-08-29. The Guardian. en-GB. 0261-3077. 2017-01-06.
12. Web site: Graduations continue at Bedfordshire - beds.ac.uk | University of Bedfordshire.
13. Web site: 2020-06-16. Rutland is at the centre of crime fiction series. 2020-07-07. Stamford Mercury. en.